Video of reinactment of Washington crossing the Delaware. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4k57gdsa6k&feature=related
5-D-1 Music
The Kitchen Musician Website. Many titles, some revolutionary war. This website provides sheet music with lyrics (apparently created by the website owners) plus midi files. So though not original sheet music, could be used provide important information about the lyrics and the sound of the tunes. http://www.kitchenmusician.net/pages/kmmusicalpha.html
Sounds and ballads of the American Revolution. Lyrics, no sheet music. Each selection includes a short description of the song's history. From a book published in 1855. http://www.americanrevolution.org/warsongs.html
Great list of activity ideas for songs and poetry. Library of Congress. I'll use this list as I finalize how I'll include music activities in my local history project. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/lyrical/ideas/
4-D-1
Durham Furnace
How did Durham Furnace company support the Revolutionary war effort? These resources will help students form conclusions about that question.
A poster showing Amish during the 1930's and 1940's. Did German residents of PA dress similarly? Live similarly? How did they help the war effort? Did they help?
=Conflict and War
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These resources can be used to give students information that helps them understand more about why the American Revolution took place.
=Counties
= PDF of record showing when towns were laid out and incorporated in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. This appears to be an official typewritten record prepared to keep track of this information.
These primary source documents will help students visualize the importance and influence of Philadelphia in the years before and during the Revolution.
An east prospect of the city of Philadelphia; taken by George Heap from the Jersey shore [photograph of a drawing done in 1730]
=Bethlehem
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=====This group of resources tells about the history of Bethlehem, including details about the Moravian's beliefs and way of life, and about the community that was constructed. Students will use these resources to form a picture of the settlement, what its people were like, and how the war affected the community.
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=====A view of Bethlem, the great Moravian settlement in the Province of Pennsylvania. A photograph of a drawing created before the Revolutionary War.
Easton was small in population during the Revolutionary War, but it was a place that was deliberately planned, including its center square. It became the county seat and was an important meeting place politically for negotiations with tribes, etc. This group will give students details about the place and the role it played in the Revolutionary War.
Turns out that Quakertown was not named Quakertown until early in the 1800's. There were settlements, though. This is a start in finding resources to explain who was living in the area and how they might have been affected by the Revolutionary War.
Written mostly about Quakers in Philadelphia, but much does apply to Quakers who settled in the area now known as Quakertown.
The first houses were built before the Revolutionary War, but it wasn't called Allentown then. Though it was a tiny place then, it was chosen to hide the Liberty Bell until the war was over.
8-B-1
Local History Project, Ruth Camusehttp://americanrevolution-pa-history.wikispaces.com/
6-D-1 Local Video and Maps
Early, hand-drawn map of parts of Pennsylvania. How is it different than maps drawn later, nearer to the time of the Revolutionary War?
http://www.pagenealogy.net/maps/PA%20-%20John%20Thornton%20-%201681.jpg
Hand drawn map of Pennsylvania, published in 1775.
http://www.pagenealogy.net/maps/PA%20-%201775%20-%20misc.jpg
Map of Pennsylvania, 1687.
http://www.pagenealogy.net/maps/PA%20-%20Thomas%20Holme%20-%201687.jpg
A page that contains a great selection of maps of Pennsylvania, from the 1600's on.
http://www.pagenealogy.net/maps%20here.htm
The Theatre of War
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1776t4.jpg
Contains information about maps of the Revolutionary era.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armessay.html
Maps
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html
Sullivan's march from Easton
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@filreq(+@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Sullivan's+Indian+Campaign,+1779++Maps,+Manuscript++Early+works+to+1800++))+@field(COLLID+milmap))
Maps revolutionary war. Not primary sources, but useful to show the war's progression in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Download the animated PowerPoint entitled "1776" to see an animation showing the battles of that year.
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/american%20revolution/index.htm
Reinactment of Washington crossing the Delaware (official website)
http://www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing/reenactment/index.htm
Video of reinactment of Washington crossing the Delaware.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4k57gdsa6k&feature=related
5-D-1 Music
The Kitchen Musician Website. Many titles, some revolutionary war. This website provides sheet music with lyrics (apparently created by the website owners) plus midi files. So though not original sheet music, could be used provide important information about the lyrics and the sound of the tunes.
http://www.kitchenmusician.net/pages/kmmusicalpha.html
Carpenters' Hall – Songs of the Revolution. Lesson plan using songs, includes lyrics and sheet music.
http://www.ushistory.org/carpentershall/edu/songs.htm
Archiving Early America. The music of the revolution. Includes midi files, no lyrics or sheet music.
http://www.earlyamerica.com/music/revolutionary.htm
Sounds and ballads of the American Revolution. Lyrics, no sheet music. Each selection includes a short description of the song's history. From a book published in 1855.
http://www.americanrevolution.org/warsongs.html
Songs of the revolution. Lyrics, no sheet music. A bit of history included.
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/mcgath/freesongs.html#Revolution
Songs of the revolution, includes details about the song, the tune, etc. Plus midi files. No sheet music.
http://www.contemplator.com/america/
Interesting story about Yankee Doodle.
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/popup_songs.html
Yankee Doodle. Historical information from the Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/lyrical/songs/yankee_doodle.html and
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000025/default.html
Yankee Doodle
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/lyrical/songs/yankee_doodle.html
Teacher Resources
From the PBS series, Liberty! Revolutionary War Music. A teacher's guide.
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/tguide_5.html
Lesson. Naval Warfare in the American Revolution: Period Music
http://www.hmsrichmond.org/lesson10.htm
Great list of activity ideas for songs and poetry. Library of Congress. I'll use this list as I finalize how I'll include music activities in my local history project.
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/lyrical/ideas/
4-D-1
Durham Furnace
How did Durham Furnace company support the Revolutionary war effort? These resources will help students form conclusions about that question.
Photograph of the painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/gw/el_gw.htm
The history of the Durham boat. Includes photograph of boat, which could be analyzed by students.
http://durhamhistoricalsociety.org/history2.html
Map showing location of Durham Township, PA. http://durhamhistoricalsociety.org/mission1.html
Washington Crossing the Delaware .....in a Durham Boat?
http://www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing/history/whatswrong.htm
Bethlehem and the Hospital
The Brethren’s House, floor plans. What clues about Moravian life are contained within these floor plans?
During the revolutionary war, a hospital was set up in the Brethren's House.
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/59bethlehem/59visual3.htm
A diagram showing the layout of Bethlehem, apparently drawn in 1766. Looking at the diagram, can you determine what was there that could have been used as a resource during the war?
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/59bethlehem/59visual1.htm
Easton during the war
An article about the history of Easton.
http://www.livingplaces.com/PA/Northampton_County/Easton_City/Easton_Historic_District.html
German settlers in Pennsylvania during the war
A poster showing Amish during the 1930's and 1940's. Did German residents of PA dress similarly? Live similarly? How did they help the war effort? Did they help?
=Conflict and War
=
These resources can be used to give students information that helps them understand more about why the American Revolution took place.
Library of Congress information about the cartoon
Information about the cartoon
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma96/puck/part1.html
Explanation of cartoon
http://www.teachamericanhistory.org/File/Join_or_Die_1.pdf
First American Cartoon, pp 15-16
http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/subject/pdfs/cartoons_wb.pdf
Map of American Frontier in 1774
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/frontier_line/
Book written about the history of Northampton County.
http://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/northampton/history/local/davis/davis05.txt, pp. 51-53.
Information about General Sullivan; contains primary source material
The military services and public life of Major General John Sullivan Read pp. 100 through top of 105.
Franklin, the Essential Founding Father. Tells about building forts near Bethlehem.
http://books.google.com/books?id=Ov-9pD8YBNgC&pg=PA132&sig=Cc8hahSRyhxWWDuuCTMEKO_ckhM&hl=en#v=onepage&q=bethlehem&f=false
=Counties
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PDF of record showing when towns were laid out and incorporated in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. This appears to be an official typewritten record prepared to keep track of this information.
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/counties/pdfs/Northampton.pd
=Philadelphia
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These primary source documents will help students visualize the importance and influence of Philadelphia in the years before and during the Revolution.
An east prospect of the city of Philadelphia; taken by George Heap from the Jersey shore [photograph of a drawing done in 1730]
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004672470/
A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(g3824p+ct000185))+@field(COLLID+armap))
=Bethlehem
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=====This group of resources tells about the history of Bethlehem, including details about the Moravian's beliefs and way of life, and about the community that was constructed. Students will use these resources to form a picture of the settlement, what its people were like, and how the war affected the community.
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=====A view of Bethlem, the great Moravian settlement in the Province of Pennsylvania. A photograph of a drawing created before the Revolutionary War.
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=====http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004671543/=
=====A View of Bethlehem=
=====http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/enlarge/23406=
City of Bethlehem History Page
=====http://www.townofbethlehem.org/pages/History/historyArticlesAmericanRevolution.asp
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=====Moravian Church History Page=
=====http://www.moravian.org/history/=
=====The Bethlehem Digital History Project=
=====http://bdhp.moravian.edu/home/home.html=
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams describing Bethlehem. Primary source.
http://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/aea/cfm/doc.cfm?id=L17770207jasecond&archive=&hi=&mode=&noimages=&numrecs=&query=&queryid=&rec=&start=1&tag=
The Bethlehem Pike. Describes the history and importance of this road running from Philadelphia to Bethlehem.
=====http://www.ushistory.org/philadelphia/street_bethlehem.htm
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=====The Sun Inn. Many famous people traveled through Bethlehem and stayed at this Inn.=
=====http://www.suninnbethlehem.org/=
Tells about the history of Bethlehem
Tells about when the Moravians provided a hospital for soldiers
Lesson on Bethlehem PA
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/59bethlehem/59bethlehem.htm
=Nazareth
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Nazareth existed even before Bethlehem. This is a start finding more information about it.
http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=94
History of Nazareth
=Easton
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Easton was small in population during the Revolutionary War, but it was a place that was deliberately planned, including its center square. It became the county seat and was an important meeting place politically for negotiations with tribes, etc. This group will give students details about the place and the role it played in the Revolutionary War.
=====Information about the history of Easton.
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=====Information about the history of Easton.=
=====http://www.easton-pa.com/history.html=
Tells how Easton was selected as one of the places to read the Declaration of Independence
http://www.heritageday.org/
=====The path that General Sullivan and his troops took during the Revolutionary War. Photo of a map drawn soon after the event.
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=Quakertown area
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Turns out that Quakertown was not named Quakertown until early in the 1800's. There were settlements, though. This is a start in finding resources to explain who was living in the area and how they might have been affected by the Revolutionary War.
Written mostly about Quakers in Philadelphia, but much does apply to Quakers who settled in the area now known as Quakertown.
History of Mennonites
http://oaister.worldcat.org/oclc/2390289729861&referer=brief_results
A photograph of a mural depicting the Liberty Bell traveling through Quakertown, PA:
http://www.jamesmannartfarm.com/libbell.html
=Allentown area
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The first houses were built before the Revolutionary War, but it wasn't called Allentown then. Though it was a tiny place then, it was chosen to hide the Liberty Bell until the war was over.
History of Allentown
http://www.allentownpa.gov/Visitors/History/tabid/71/Default.aspx
Liberty Bell Museum in Allentown
http://www.libertybellmuseum.org/museum/index.html
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